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Roskam I, Aguiar J, Akgun E, Arena AF, Arikan G, Aunola K, Besson E, Beyers W, Boujut E, Brianda ME, Brytek-Matera A, Budak AM, Carbonneau N, César F, Chen BB, Dorard G, Dos Santos Elias LC, Dunsmuir S, Egorova N, Favez N, Fontaine AM, Foran H, Fricke J, Furutani K, Gannagé M, Gaspar M, Godbout L, Goldenberg A, Gross JJ, Gurza MA, Helmy M, Huynh MT, Kawamoto T, Lazarevic LB, Le Vigouroux S, Lebert-Charron A, Leme V, MacCann C, Manrique-Millones D, Matias M, Miranda-Orrego MI, Miscioscia M, Morgades-Bamba C, Mousavi SF, Muntean A, Olderbak S, Osman F, Oyarce-Cadiz D, Pérez-Díaz PA, Petrides KV, Pineda-Marin C, Prikhidko A, Ricci RT, Salinas-Quiroz F, Sarrionandia A, Scola C, Simonelli A, Cabrera PS, Soenens B, Sorbring E, Sorkkila M, Schrooyen C, Stănculescu E, Starchenkova E, Szczygiel D, Tapia J, Tri TMT, Tremblay M, van Bakel H, Verhofstadt L, Wendland J, Yotanyamaneewong S, Mikolajczak M. Three reasons why parental burnout is more prevalent in individualistic countries: a mediation study in 36 countries. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2024; 59:681-694. [PMID: 37195293 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-023-02487-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE The prevalence of parental burnout, a condition that has severe consequences for both parents and children, varies dramatically across countries and is highest in Western countries characterized by high individualism. METHOD In this study, we examined the mediators of the relationship between individualism measured at the country level and parental burnout measured at the individual level in 36 countries (16,059 parents). RESULTS The results revealed three mediating mechanisms, that is, self-discrepancies between socially prescribed and actual parental selves, high agency and self-directed socialization goals, and low parental task sharing, by which individualism leads to an increased risk of burnout among parents. CONCLUSION The results confirm that the three mediators under consideration are all involved, and that mediation was higher for self-discrepancies between socially prescribed and actual parental selves, then parental task sharing, and lastly self-directed socialization goals. The results provide some important indications of how to prevent parental burnout at the societal level in Western countries.
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Affiliation(s)
- Isabelle Roskam
- Department of Psychology, UCLouvain, Place Cardinal Mercier 10, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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- University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, s/n, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal
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- Ankara University, Ankara Universitesi Egitim Bilimleri Fakultesi Okul Oncesi Egitimi AD Cebeci, 06590, Ankara, Turkey
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- University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia
| | - Gizem Arikan
- Ozyegin University, Nisantepe Mah., Orman Sok., 34794, Cekmekoy, Istanbul, Turkey
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- University of Jyväskylä, P.O. BoX 35, 40014, Jyvaskyla, Finland
| | - Eliane Besson
- Saint-Joseph University, Campus des Sciences Humaines, Rue de Damas, Mar Mikhael, B.P. 17-5208, Beyrouth, 1104 2020, Lebanon
| | - Wim Beyers
- Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Emilie Boujut
- Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université de Paris, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Bahcesehir University, Guney Yerleskesi, Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
| | - Noémie Carbonneau
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Bd des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada
| | - Filipa César
- University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, s/n, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal
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- Fudan University, Handan Road 220, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université de Paris, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AP, UK
| | - Natalia Egorova
- EPSM de l'agglomération lilloise, 1 rue de Lommelet, 59871, Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
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- University of Geneva, 40 Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University of Klagenfurt, Universitaetsstr. 65-67, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Saint-Joseph University, Campus des Sciences Humaines, Rue de Damas, Mar Mikhael, B.P. 17-5208, Beyrouth, 1104 2020, Lebanon
| | - Maria Gaspar
- University of Coimbra, Rua do Colégio Novo, 3000-115, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Lucie Godbout
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Bd des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada
| | - Amit Goldenberg
- Harvard University, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA, 02163, USA
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-2130, USA
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- Sultan Qaboos university, Muscat, Oman, Egypt
- Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
| | - Mai Trang Huynh
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, 280 An Dương Vương, District 5, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
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- Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi, 487-8501, Japan
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- Université de Nîmes, 5 Rue du Docteur Georges Salan CS 13019, 30021, Nîmes, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université de Paris, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- State University of Rio de Janeiro, Place São Francisco Xavier, 524, B-10005c F, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- The University of Sydney, Brennan MacCallum 449, Manning Road, Camperdown, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, s/n, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre 1076 y Vicente Ramón Roca, 170525, Quito, Ecuador
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- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Avda Valencia 13, 50005, Zaragoza, Spain
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- West University in Timisoara, Oradea, str. Razboieni, nr.1, Timișoara, Romania
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- Institut für Therapieforschung, Leopoldstraße 125, 80804, Munich, Germany
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- Dalarna University, Sweden, Hogskolegatan 2, 791 88, Falun, Sweden
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- Austral University of Chile, Institute of Psychology, Los Pinos Avenue, W/N, Puerto Montt, Chile
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- Florida International University, 11200 SW 8 Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
| | - Ricardo T Ricci
- Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Las Heras 429 7B (400), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
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- University of the Basque Country, Tolosa Hiribidea 70, Donostia-San Sebastian, 20018, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain
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- Aix Marseille Univ, 29 avenue Robert Schuman, 13621, Aix-en-Provence cedex 01, France
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- Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Universidad de Costa Rica, Sede Rodrigo Facio, San Pedro, Costa Rica
| | - Thi Minh Thuy Tri
- Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi, 487-8501, Japan
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- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Bd des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G8Z 4M3, Canada
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- Tilburg University, Professor Cobbenhagenlaan 125, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université de Paris, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
| | | | - Moïra Mikolajczak
- Department of Psychology, UCLouvain, Place Cardinal Mercier 10, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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